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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - Caught on Camera

As a multimillion dollar project to protect one of the most flood-prone towns in the country moves ahead, an engineering review suggests a rethink is needed.

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Insuring Your Plan for Retirement Income

‘Longevity insurance’ ensures you don’t run out of money in retirement. How to figure out how much you need, the types of annuities to use and when the income should kick in are tricky questions, though.

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The 'Ndrangheta: Italy's most powerful mafia group

Italy's 'Ndrangheta has supplanted Sicily's Cosa Nostra as the country's most powerful mafia organisation, and has spread across Europe and the rest of the world. Here are a few facts about the fearsome group.

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Kiwi banks at odds with Aussie bosses over gambling on credit

Australian banks are supporting a Canberra government ban on gamblers using their credit cards to bet online. Their Kiwi subsidiaries are taking quite a different position.

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All but one online take-down notice ignored

New powers to issue take-down notices for harmful content online have been unsuccessful, with seven of eight orders ignored so far.

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Radio silence on Govt plan to regulate Big Tech

Government plans to subject tech companies like Facebook and Google to the same content regulations as news media and advertisers may have been put on hold.

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Woman found breathing inside body bag at Iowa funeral home, hours after being declared dead

A hospice in Iowa is fined $US10,000 after staff pronounced the 66-year-old woman dead last month, only for her to be discovered "gasping for air" hours later.

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Investigation underway over concerns pokie trusts cooking the books

Millions meant for community grants appears to have been spent on new equipment and paying down the debts of class 4 gaming trusts.

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Van Gogh battle turns bitter as Detroit museum scoffs at Brazilian 'owner's' claim

DETROIT — Lawyers for the Detroit Institute of Arts on Monday scoffed at allegations that a Vincent van Gogh painting was missing for six years until being found hanging on the wall of the museum, using an exclamation point in a federal court of appeals filing to counter the purported…

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Appeals court orders Detroit museum officials to hold onto Van Gogh painting amid legal fight

DETROIT — Federal appeals court judges Wednesday ordered Detroit Institute of Arts officials to hold onto a long-missing multimillion-dollar painting by Vincent van Gogh while a legal battle continues over its fate and rightful owner.

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Detroit art museum's fight will 'Gogh' on in federal appeals court, lawyer says

DETROIT — The purported owner of a Vincent van Gogh painting that was missing for six years until being found hanging on a wall at the Detroit Institute of Arts will appeal the dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to reclaim the rare artwork.

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Judge sides with Detroit Institute of Arts; Van Gogh painting can't be seized

DETROIT — A Detroit federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit to seize an allegedly stolen painting by Vincent van Gogh from the Detroit Institute of Arts and give the artwork to its purported owner in Brazil.

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Judge delays deciding whether to seize Van Gogh painting on loan at Detroit museum

DETROIT — A federal judge Thursday delayed deciding whether to seize an allegedly stolen painting by Vincent van Gogh from the Detroit Institute of Arts and giving the artwork to its purported owner in Brazil, a move that buys time for both sides to negotiate a possible settlement.

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DIA 'misguided' in fight over stolen van Gogh painting, lawyer says

DETROIT — A judge can order Detroit Institute of Arts officials to hand over an allegedly stolen painting by Vincent van Gogh despite a federal law granting the artwork immunity from being seized, a lawyer wrote Wednesday.

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Van Gogh painting with mysterious past is immune from seizure, Detroit Institute of Arts claims

DETROIT — The Detroit Institute of Arts cannot be forced to relinquish control of a multimillion-dollar painting by Vincent van Gogh at the center of a federal lawsuit because the artwork is protected by a federal law granting immunity to foreign artwork on display in the United States, the museum's…

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'How do you just lose a painting like that?': Detroit museum packed in wake of van Gogh controversy

DETROIT — Cheryle Van Wert said she can't fathom how a $5 million Vincent van Gogh painting could have disappeared for six years before turning up at the Detroit Institute of Arts — but she said she drove 100 miles Sunday from Saginaw to the museum to see for herself…

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Van Gogh painting on display at Detroit Institute of Art is stolen, lawsuit claims

Brazilian art collector says he paid $3.7m for the 1888 oil called The Novel Reader, when a third party took possession of it

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Judge blocks Detroit museum officials from concealing Van Gogh in international fight

DETROIT — A federal judge Wednesday blocked Detroit Institute of Arts officials from moving or hiding a painting by Vincent van Gogh, less than 24 hours after a company that claims ownership sued the museum, saying the artwork had been missing for nearly six years until it was discovered on…

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Judge tells Detroit museum: Don't move van Gogh painting

A judge has ordered a Detroit museum to hold onto an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh

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Ana Montes, former U.S. analyst convicted of spying for Cuba, is released from prison

Montes was highly regarded for her expertise on Cuba. But under the radar, she shared classified information with the Cuban government, including the identities of U.S. spies.

The Independent UK

She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s walked free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes has now left prison and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

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Cuba spy Ana Belen Montes released after 20 years behind bars

Ana Belen Montes, one of the highest-ranking U.S. officials ever proven to have spied for Cuba, has been released from prison early, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Friday, after she spent more than two decades behind bars.

The Independent UK

OLD She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s about to walk free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes leaves prison this month and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

Miami Herald

New details: Cuba spy soon to be freed was willing to divulge US war plans in Afghanistan

Ana Belén Montes, the convicted Cuba spy who is set to be released from prison in January, was willing to pass military secrets about the U.S. war in Afghanistan if requested by her spymasters in Havana, even if that resulted in the death of American soldiers on the ground, she…

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The 5 Best ETFs to Buy Now for December 2022

While the stock market witnessed a rally with Fed chair Powell hinting at slower interest rate hikes, many experts believe the economy will slide into a recession next year. Therefore, equities will likely remain under pressure. Amid an uncertain market outlook, we think dividend-paying ETFs SPDR Dow Jones (DIA), iShares…

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